close call
close shave
squeak
squeaker
narrow escape

The Bank also had a narrow escape of a different nature.

"His experience in having a narrow escape was kind of a message to everyone."

It had been a narrow escape, but all was now well.

I'd had a narrow escape, and it was all due to him.

It seemed to worry him far more than his narrow escape.

It was a narrow escape, but I don't care for myself.

He seemed not at all upset by his narrow escape.

Since his narrow escape, he had kept it with him always.

She'd had a very narrow escape, but the next time she might not be so lucky.

It is a success based on rich experience and a narrow escape.